STELLAR CHEMISTRY - SKY NIGHTLY

Researchers Uncover New Insights into Neutron Star Matter

Jul 10, 2024 (SPX)

Scientists at the Department of Physics at TU Darmstadt and the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen have adopted a novel theoretical approach to explore the stat...

Quantum Detectors Poised to Reveal Dark Matter Mysteries

Jul 08, 2024 (SPX)

Approximately 80% of the universe's matter is dark, eluding direct observation but detectable through its gravitational effects. Despite ongoing efforts, these ...

Milky Way's Warp Reveals Shape of Dark Matter Halo

Jul 07, 2024 (SPX)

In the nearby universe, about one-third of disk galaxies are not perfect disks but exhibit a warped shape similar to a potato chip. This phenomenon, known as a ...

Last segment of the world's largest telescope mirror successfully cast

Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)

Due to its immense size, M1 cannot be made from a single piece of glass. Instead, it will be composed of 798 hexagonal segments, each approximately five centime...

Precision instrument bolsters efforts to find elusive dark energy

Jun 27, 2024 (SPX)

Pushing the boundaries of this search, University of California, Berkeley physicists have now built the most precise experiment yet to look for minor deviations...

Controlling magnetite with light

Jun 25, 2024 (SPX)

Carbone has led a research project to control the microscopic structural properties of magnetite during light-induced phase transitions. The study found that sp...

China, France launch satellite to better understand the universe

Jun 22, 2024 (AFP)

Developed by engineers from both countries, the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is carrying four instruments -- two French, two Chinese -- that will seek ...

New Evidence Suggests Dark Matter Influence Extends Further Than Thought

Jun 21, 2024 (SPX)

Tobias Mistele, a post-doctoral scholar in the Department of Astronomy at Case Western Reserve's College of Arts and Sciences, used "gravitational lensing" to s...

French-Chinese probe to hunt universe's biggest explosions

Jun 20, 2024 (AFP)

The light from these almighty blasts has travelled billions of light years to reach Earth, so scientists believe they could hold answers to some mysteries of th...

Hubble Telescope now relying on single-gyro 'pointing mode'

Jun 19, 2024 (UPI)

The new image is of NGC 1546, a nearby Dorado constellation galaxy. According to NASA scientists, Hubble is expected to be capable of most of it science observa...

NASA Transitions Hubble to One-Gyro Mode for Continued Science Operations

Jun 18, 2024 (SPX)

Hubble went into safe mode May 24 due to an ongoing issue with one of its gyroscopes (gyros), which measure the telescope's slew rates and are part of the syste...

New Research Supports Modified Gravity Theory Over Dark Matter

Jun 18, 2024 (SPX)

Previously, it was believed that these curves must decline over distance. According to Newtonian gravity, stars at the outer edges of galaxies should move slowe...

Crater 2's Unique Characteristics Explained by Self-Interacting Dark Matter

Jun 12, 2024 (SPX)

"Since its discovery in 2016, there have been many attempts to reproduce Crater 2's unusual properties, but it has proved very challenging," said Hai-Bo Yu, a p...

NASA Swift Satellite and AI Improve Measurement of Gamma-Ray Bursts

Jun 12, 2024 (SPX)

GRBs release as much energy in seconds as the sun does in its entire lifetime. Their brightness allows them to be observed at various distances, including the e...

First Camera Integrated for Plato Exoplanet Explorer

Jun 12, 2024 (SPX)

"Plato will use 24 'normal' cameras and 2 'fast' cameras to look at more than 100 000 stars and search for planets around them." The mission uses the transit me...

Origins of fast radio bursts examined using polarized light

Jun 12, 2024 (SPX)

Published today in The Astrophysical Journal, the study details the properties of polarized light from 128 non-repeating FRBs - those from sources that have onl...

NASA's Webb Reveals Supernovae in the Early Universe

Jun 11, 2024 (SPX)

"Webb is a supernova discovery machine," said Christa DeCoursey, a third-year graduate student at the Steward Observatory and the University of Arizona in Tucso...

GMU Leads $19.5 Million Landolt Space Mission to Study Dark Energy

Jun 11, 2024 (SPX)

"This mission marks another first for George Mason University, a milestone that proves our impact as a major public research university truly knows no bounds," ...

Many nearby young star clusters formed in three massive regions

Jun 11, 2024 (SPX)

This research also provides new insights into the effects of supernovae on the formation of giant gas structures in galaxies like the Milky Way. The results wer...

Earth's Climate May Have Been Affected by Interstellar Clouds 2 Million Years Ago

Jun 10, 2024 (SPX)

In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, astrophysicist Merav Opher, a professor at Boston University and fellow at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, provides evide...